We've had a bunch of progress on this next custom rocking chair, you can see the grain matched back braces are installed along with the headrest. This is a major step in the assembly process because everything in the inside of the back brace area is sanded and buffed to it's final stage, we will touch it up along the way but generally it's ready to go!
Detail shot of the grain matched back braces, which are made of 4 laminations, the top layer was cut from a piece of Zebrawood 1'' thick, using a carbide tipped bandsaw blade.
Below is a test we picked up a new wood called Holly....... yes it's called Hollywood. It remains very white when finished, infact the whitest wood i've ever worked with, looks good but not for this chair were sticking with the ebony plugs as the chair already draws enough attention with the Zebrawood included in the rocking chair.
Below we happen to find a beautiful piece of curly walnut. Joel and I get very excited over special pieces of lumber, because we like to make every piece we make unique and beautiful. With the careful use of exotic and figured woods we can make you a very unique piece of furniture that will be around forever!
